BRIO INDUSTRIES acquires $4.3 million distribution company.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 1995--BRIO INDUSTRIES INC. ("BRIO") (NASDAQ: BRIOF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Daytimer Distributors Ltd. ("Daytimer") for $522,500, consisting of $385,000 cash and 25,000 shares of Brio at the deemed price of $5.50 per share.

Daytimer distributes non-alcoholic beverages in Alberta, and has relationships with a majority of the major retail and convenience stores in Alberta. Sales for the year ended April 30, 1995 totaled $4,349,047.

This acquisition will serve to compliment Brio's subsidiaries, Brio Beverages and Brio Juices by opening up doors for distribution.

Commenting on the acquisition, Hermann J. Riepl, president of Brio Industries, said, "This is very exciting for Brio Industries because it will add substantially to our sales and profits, plus expand distribution of our own Highland Springs brand."

BRIO is principally a manufacturer and packager of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages including water, soft drinks, new age beverages and juices, under contract to third-party mass marketers of beverages for sale in Canada and the United States. The company provides similar services for brand name labels as well as private label beverage lines sold by supermarket chains and other retailers and marketers. -0- All dollar figures in this release are expressed in Canadian dollars.

CONTACT: Brio Industries Inc., Vancouver

Hermann J. Riepl, 604/436-5876 or 800/729-2746

or

Strategic Growth International Inc., Great Neck, N.Y.

Stan Altschuler/Richard Cooper,

516/829-7111